Explore Childlessness through 9 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like situation. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Childlessness in a sentence
Childlessness meaning
The state of being childless.
Synonyms of Childlessness
Using Childlessness
- The main meaning on this page is: The state of being childless.
- Useful related words include: situation, state of affairs.
- In the example corpus, childlessness often appears in combinations such as: her childlessness, childlessness was.
Context around Childlessness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Childlessness
- In this selection, "childlessness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, punishing and especially stand out and add context to how "childlessness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 62 her childlessness would be and edith s childlessness was not. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "childlessness" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with childlessness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I prefer encouraging babymaking versus punishing childlessness, but hey it's Russia. (12 words)
There are 3 main mechanisms through which polygamy affects divorce: economic restraint, sexual satisfaction, and childlessness. (16 words)
Van der Kiste, pp. 57, 58, 62 Her childlessness would be the greatest source of unhappiness in her life. (19 words)
Quote: "While it can be confidently expected that elites would respond to financial incentives to have children and to penalties for childlessness by increasing their fertility, they might not do this to the extent that would be desired. (38 words)
He seized on an ambiguous passage which might have meant that their marriage was chaste, perhaps to give the idea that Edith's childlessness was not her fault, to claim that Edward had been celibate. (35 words)
Brothers and sisters are in constant war while sisters-in-law see their mothers-in-law as the cause of the woes, especially childlessness. (24 words)
Example sentences (9)
Clearly for Tinubu, Amusa's post did not go down well with Nigerians, as they insulted her and trolled her for her childlessness.
I prefer encouraging babymaking versus punishing childlessness, but hey it's Russia.
Brothers and sisters are in constant war while sisters-in-law see their mothers-in-law as the cause of the woes, especially childlessness.
A study done in 2005 in the western German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen by the HDZ revealed that childlessness was especially widespread among scientists.
He seized on an ambiguous passage which might have meant that their marriage was chaste, perhaps to give the idea that Edith's childlessness was not her fault, to claim that Edward had been celibate.
Quote: "While it can be confidently expected that elites would respond to financial incentives to have children and to penalties for childlessness by increasing their fertility, they might not do this to the extent that would be desired.
There are 3 main mechanisms through which polygamy affects divorce: economic restraint, sexual satisfaction, and childlessness.
Van der Kiste, pp. 57, 58, 62 Her childlessness would be the greatest source of unhappiness in her life.
Yet Schumpeter remained critical about Keynes's economics, linking Keynes's childlessness to what Schumpeter saw as an essentially short term view.
Common combinations with childlessness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: